3862 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
GOVERNMENT OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY. 
Latirupz, 33° 51’ 41”; Lonerrupe, 105 4™ 50°81: ; MaGnetic VARIATION, 9° 25’ 2” East. 
APRIL, 1880.—Gernerat ABSTRACT. 
Barometer ... Highest Reading... ie ae Sg on the 11th at = 
Lowest aon i n the dth., at 2°50 p 
Mean Hei ae av oe 
(Being 0°011 greater th that th tl g f the preceding 21 years.) 
Wind... .. Greatest romana ... 8°41bs. on the 7th. 
At 32° Faht. Mean Pre oo rib: 
Number of tes Calm... 5 
: Pre ee Direction ... N.E. 
(Pr $32. rey q .. g 41, £. +t r as. ig oT J x W.) 
Temperature Highest inthe Shade .., 83°8 on the 5th. 
Lowest in the Shade ....__ 52°6 on the 26th. 
Greatest Range ... ... 20°1 on the 5th 
Highest in the Sun ... 140°4 on the 5th. 
Lowest on the Grass... vs 5 on the 26th. 
Mean Diurnal Range 
Mean in the Shade of ot 2 
(Being the same as that of the same month on an average of the preceding 21 years.) 
Humidity ... Greatest Amount ... 100°0 on the 2nd. 
Least a as ... 63°0 on the 30th. 
Mean : ave 
(Being 1-0 less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 21 years.) 
Rain... .... Number of Days... .... 20 rain and 3 d 
Greatest Fall... ite . 253 facie on the a 
65 ft. above ground. 
Total Fall... eee , ome yr aaa if 15 in. above ground. 
(Being 2-455 inches less than that of the same month on an average of the preceding 21 years.) 
— Total Amount ...  ... 2°586 inches. 
Ozone oe a ieee FG ir yg 
Pinte 7 + +} f the preceding 20 years.) 
Electricity .... Number of DaysLightning 6 
Cloudy Sky ... Mean Amount ac oe 
Number of Clear Days ... 0 
Meteors «-» Number observed ee 
Remarks. 
At 
The temperature has been about the ave and the weather seasonable. 
Sydney the rairfall was less than the nverage for this month, but still mace 
In the North-western Districts especially, abundan rains have fallen ; 9 inches 
rted from Gunnedah and nearly 8 from the “ Meadows,” Cobar. 
